Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-24
THE BEAUTY OF THE FAMILY.
Generally Arrogant, selfish, Vain an'
Observation-Disclosures Final Fate.

Generally Arrogant, selfish, Vain AMI
Observation-Disclosures Final Fate.
There is one in most families, | believe.
certainly in nearly all large families, and
my opinion is that the family beauty is
mistake of nature, with which opinion |
have no doubt many Others will agree, Cs-
pecially Those who have had, or are hay-
ing. experience with n Sometnncsthe
beauty" is really beautiful or handsome,
sometimes only so 10y comparison with
the other members of the family. and
sometimes land this is not seldom no
with unprecedented eyes a See any beauty
whatever in the much admired person.
The beauty" is always arrogant, whether
consciously or not, always selfish, and al
ways vain. She is made 81 much Of,
from the time She is a baby upward, and
told so often that she is pretty, that she
could not well help it.
They may do nearly, if not quite. as
they like, and their faults are excused IN
a way which ito any one but their al
miring rclativcsl is perfectly ridiculous,
because they are $50 pretty Speak oil
their audacity, ~seliishnrss. rIden'ss,
thoughilcSsncSs, carelessncSS. disregard
for the feelings Of Others, disreslcctful-
ness, or. in fact, any other quality which
in a plain person would tethought repre-
hensible, and the answer is very likely 10
be: YES. YES. | know il is 50 sometimes.
but then she is 50 pretty, You know.
and SC we must put up with their rude
ness. carelesSness. or any Of their above
mentioned faults, and be domineered over
simply because they are $50 pretty
And then the parents and other relatives
OF the beauty" will often he partial TO
in a way which isvery unfair 10 the other
members of the family, for il is very hard
70 know that father and mother
are pruuder Of So-and-So than they are
Of YOU. because she is the most beautiful,
although most likely YOU are far the most
oledirnt and respectful
And these beauties so often seem 10
spend their lives in giving trouble and
sorrow for all the love and admiration
they receive. | knew a gentleman once
who. in speaking of a beautiful little
child to "A near relative. said land he was
old enough 10 know. She is very
pretty: ~ pretty that she will give
plenty of heartachcS, and, although still
very Young. she has verified his predic-
tons many times, and SEEMS in a fair
way Ia do ~ many times more. And Vet
these beauties are To I've pitied. for al
though they make other people mlser-
able. they also make themselves so. fer
they are nearly always DISCONTINUED. \
family beauty is never so happy as the
palmer ms. for she expects so much al,
miration and attention that what she does
receive seems very little. and there are
ten chances TO one that she will do one
Of three things. Perhaps she will marry
while still almost child for with all her
beauty she generally has great fear Of
not getting marriedD. and disappoints the
high hopes which her great beauty has
raised in the minds of her friends by set.
Ting down into a Disconnected. common.
place woman, and soon fretting all her
beauty away. Or she may slight and re-
iect AZ her chances until she realizes
that she has passed her premier iue-
ncsse. and then takes the first one that
oilers himself, and 80 averts the terrible
danger of becoming what the popular
phrase terms an 'old maid:' or. most
likely Of all. stay unmarried all her life,
for il is a well known fact that more
pretty women stay single than plain ones,
and it is all owing 10 the fact that they
expect more than their more modest.
If palmer. sisters. 1t is these diSlp.
pointed beauties" who make up, in a
great measure, the great army of typical
''old maids. for their annoyance at not
marrying well is in proportion to their
pride of beauty. and il naturally sours
their temper. Chicago Times.